# List of Miami Dolphins first-round draft picks

The Miami Dolphins, a professional American football team based in Miami, Florida, are part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins were founded by Joseph Robbie and Danny Thomas in 1965. They began playing in the American Football League (AFL) as an expansion team in 1966 and joined the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger in 1967.
They first participated in the 1966 AFL Annual Player Selection Meeting, more commonly known as the NFL draft. In the annual NFL Draft, each franchise seeks to add new players to its roster. Teams are ranked in reverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.
As an expansion team in the AFL, the Dolphins were granted the first two picks in the 1966 American Football League Draft. They selected Jim Grabowski and Rick Norton with the first and second picks, respectively. The Dolphins' first selection as an NFL team was Bob Griese, a quarterback from Purdue. The team's most recent first-round selections were Jaylen Waddle, a wide receiver from Alabama and Jaelan Phillips, a defensive end from the University of Miami in 2021.

## Key

Table key :
| ^ | Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. |
| * | Selected number one overall |
| — | The Dolphins did not draft a player in the first round that year. |
| Year | Each year links to an article about that particular AFL or NFL Draft. |
| Pick | Indicates the number of the pick within the first round |
| Position | Indicates the position of the player in the NFL |
| † | Indicates the player was selected for the Pro Bowl |
| College | The player's college football team |

## Player selections

Miami Dolphins first-round draft picks :
| Year | Pick | Player name | Position | College |
| 1966 | 1 | Jim Grabowski * | RB | Illinois |
| 1966 | 2 | Rick Norton | QB | Kentucky |
| 1967 | 4 | Bob Griese ^ | QB | Purdue |
| 1968 | 8 | Larry Csonka ^ | FB | Syracuse |
| 1968 | 27 | Doug Crusan | OT | Indiana |
| 1969 | 11 | Bill Stanfill † | DE | Georgia |
| 1970 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 1971 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 1972 | 25 | Mike Kadish | DT | Notre Dame |
| 1973 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 1974 | 26 | Don Reese | DE | Jackson State |
| 1975 | 23 | Darryl Carlton | OT | Tampa |
| 1976 | 17 | Larry Gordon | LB | Arizona State |
| 1976 | 19 | Kim Bokamper † | LB | San Jose State |
| 1977 | 13 | A. J. Duhe † | DE | Louisiana State |
| 1978 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 1979 | 24 | Jon Giesler | OT | Michigan |
| 1980 | 21 | Don McNeal | DB | Alabama |
| 1981 | 13 | David Overstreet | RB | Oklahoma |
| 1982 | 24 | Roy Foster † | G | USC |
| 1983 | 27 | Dan Marino ^ | QB | Pittsburgh |
| 1984 | 14 | Jackie Shipp | LB | Oklahoma |
| 1985 | 27 | Lorenzo Hampton | RB | Florida |
| 1986 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 1987 | 16 | John Bosa | DE | Boston College |
| 1988 | 16 | Eric Kumerow | DE | Ohio State |
| 1989 | 9 | Sammie Smith | RB | Florida State |
| 1989 | 25 | Louis Oliver | S | Florida |
| 1990 | 9 | Richmond Webb † | OT | Texas A&M |
| 1991 | 23 | Randal Hill | WR | Miami (FL) |
| 1992 | 7 | Troy Vincent † | DB | Wisconsin |
| 1992 | 12 | Marco Coleman | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 1993 | 25 | O. J. McDuffie | WR | Penn State |
| 1994 | 20 | Tim Bowens † | DT | Mississippi |
| 1995 | 25 | Billy Milner | OT | Houston |
| 1996 | 20 | Daryl Gardener | DT | Baylor |
| 1997 | 15 | Yatil Green | WR | Miami (FL) |
| 1998 | 29 | John Avery | RB | Mississippi |
| 1999 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 2001 | 26 | Jamar Fletcher | DB | Wisconsin |
| 2002 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 2003 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 2004 | 19 | Vernon Carey | OT | Miami (FL) |
| 2005 | 2 | Ronnie Brown † | RB | Auburn |
| 2006 | 16 | Jason Allen | DB | Tennessee |
| 2007 | 9 | Ted Ginn Jr. | WR | Ohio State |
| 2008 | 1 | Jake Long * † | OT | Michigan |
| 2009 | 25 | Vontae Davis † | CB | Illinois |
| 2010 | 28 | Jared Odrick | DT | Penn State |
| 2011 | 15 | Mike Pouncey † | C | Florida |
| 2012 | 8 | Ryan Tannehill † | QB | Texas A&M |
| 2013 | 3 | Dion Jordan | DE | Oregon |
| 2014 | 19 | Ja'Wuan James | OT | Tennessee |
| 2015 | 14 | DeVante Parker | WR | Louisville |
| 2016 | 13 | Laremy Tunsil † | T | Mississippi |
| 2017 | 22 | Charles Harris | DE | Missouri |
| 2018 | 11 | Minkah Fitzpatrick † | S | Alabama |
| 2019 | 13 | Christian Wilkins | DT | Clemson |
| 2020 | 5 | Tua Tagovailoa † | QB | Alabama |
| 2020 | 18 | Austin Jackson | OT | USC |
| 2020 | 30 | Noah Igbinoghene | CB | Auburn |
| 2021 | 6 | Jaylen Waddle | WR | Alabama |
| 2021 | 18 | Jaelan Phillips | DE | Miami (FL) |
| 2022 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — No pick | — | — |
| 2024 | 21 | Chop Robinson | DE | Penn State |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Grabowski was also selected in the 1st round of the NFL draft by the Packers. He never played for the Dolphins.
* ↑ On December 27, 1967, the Dolphins traded quarterback John Stofa to the Cincinnati Bengals for first (#27 overall pick) and second-round picks in 1968.
* ↑ On January 27, 1970, the Dolphins traded their #3 overall pick in the 1970 Draft to the Cleveland Browns for wide receiver Paul Warfield.
* ↑ On April 13, 1970, the Dolphins sent their #22 overall pick in the 1971 Draft to the Baltimore Colts as compensation for head coach Don Shula.
* ↑ On June 7, 1972, the Dolphins traded their #26 overall pick in the 1973 Draft to the Buffalo Bills for wide receiver Marlin Briscoe.
* ↑ On January 25, 1974, the Dolphins traded quarterback Joe Theismann to the Washington Redskins for the #17 overall pick in the 1976 Draft.
* ↑ On April 17, 1978, the Dolphins traded safety Vern Roberson, wide receiver Freddie Solomon, and first (#24 overall pick) and fifth-round picks in 1978 to the San Francisco 49ers for running back Delvin Williams.
* ↑ On May 1, 1984, the Dolphins traded their #26 pick along with two third-round picks in 1984 to the Buffalo Bills for the #14 overall pick.
* ↑ On October 9, 1985, the Dolphins traded their first (#25 overall pick) and second-round picks to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for linebacker Hugh Green.
* ↑ On April 28, 1987, the Dolphins traded their #14 overall pick to the Minnesota Vikings for the first (#16 overall pick) and fifth-round picks.
* ↑ On April 2, 1989, the Dolphins traded their second and third-round picks to the Chicago Bears for the #25 overall pick.
* ↑ On September 3, 1991, the Dolphins traded wide receiver Randal Hill to the Phoenix Cardinals for the #7 overall pick.
* ↑ On April 24, 1994, the Dolphins traded their #16 overall pick to the Green Bay Packers for the first (#20 overall pick) and third-round picks.
* ↑ On April 18, 1998, the Dolphins traded their #19 overall pick to the Green Bay Packers for the first (#29 overall pick) and second-round picks.
* ↑ On April 17, 1999, the Dolphins traded their #24 overall pick in 1999 to the San Francisco 49ers for the first (#27 overall pick) and fifth-round picks. On the same day, the Dolphins traded the #27 overall pick to the Detroit Lions for the second, third, and fifth-round picks.
* ↑ On April 16, 1998, the Dolphins traded their #23 overall pick in the 2000 Draft to the Carolina Panthers for the second-round pick in the 1998 Draft.
* ↑ On March 8, 2002, the Dolphins traded their #25 overall pick and fourth-round pick in the 2002 Draft along with the #18 overall pick in the 2003 Draft to the New Orleans Saints for running back Ricky Williams and fourth-round pick in the 2002 Draft.
* ↑ On April 24, 2004, the Dolphins traded their #20 overall pick along with fourth-round pick to the Minnesota Vikings for the #19 overall pick.
* ↑ On April 22, 2010, the Dolphins traded their #12 overall pick, a fourth-round selection (110th overall), and a sixth-round selection (173rd overall) to the Chargers for the #28 overall pick, a second-round selection (40th overall), a fourth-round selection (126th overall), and a linebacker Tim Dobbins.
* ↑ On April 25, 2013, the Dolphins traded their #12 overall pick to the Oakland Raiders for the #3 overall pick and second-round pick.
* ↑ On March 9, 2016, the Dolphins traded their #8 overall pick to the Philadelphia Eagles for the #13 overall pick, linebacker Kiko Alonso, and cornerback Byron Maxwell.
* ↑ On April 24, 2020, the Dolphins traded their #26 overall pick to the Green Bay Packers for the #30 overall pick and a fourth-round pick.
* ↑ Miami traded its 2022 first-round selection as well as 2021 first- and fourth-round selections (12th and 123rd overall) for Philadelphia’s 2021 first- and fifth-round selections (6th and 156th overall).
* ↑ The Dolphins forfeited their first-round selection as punishment for multiple violations of the league's anti-tampering policy in conversations with quarterback Tom Brady and Don Yee, the agent for then-New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton (as well as for Brady).